Re: HF solder station
 

damn, can you find me a cheap 808?

Re: HF solder station
 

Not any more. They usually run at least $150+.

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fry's has em cheapest I've found.

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808 purchase this week for me. No more braid. I have spent proably 150 on braid alone :1

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I really want to try out a good desolder station before buying it.
I buy big spools of braid from Digikey, so it seems cost effective. I like braid because it leaves the board very clean, vs a bulb type solder sucker.
Do you guys get any splatter from the desoldering stations?

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None.

I always clean the board with circuit cleaner and then re-apply a silicone based conformal coating after all the soldering is done.


The 808 can desolder a board for standard socketing in about a minute.

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That's one spot per second, impossible to do it clean in one run...take a video and prove me wrong, I would love to see if it is actually possible.

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What is the name or trade name of the coating you are applying after soldering?

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Ooooooh. Getting called out by the big dog. Just an exaggeration.

It just seems like a minute, but in reality it's more like just over 2 minutes.



BUT, that's before I started using the ecu-chipping-machine. >:D

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am i the only one what no matter how hard i try i can get certin hold to come clean in the first 2 tryies. every board its the same holes on the ned that take forever to get clean, like there glued in there of something